Assistant Director (Business Career Coach)

Seeking a highly qualified and motivated individual to join our team as Assistant Director.  The ideal candidate will have a strong knowledge of business and/or finance fields and a proven track record in career services, with a focus on delivering high-quality career coaching to students and alumni.  Manage and oversee all aspects of the Business & Entrepreneurship Career Exploration Community (CEC) including, but not limited to: providing comprehensive career coaching to students and alumni, supervising student leaders, connecting students with alumni Career Advocates, and developing career- and industry-specific programming for students and alumni.   

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide comprehensive career coaching to undergraduate students in the Business & Entrepreneurship CEC.
• Assist students and alumni in exploring possible careers and career decision-making.
• Provide direct support for internship, job, and graduate/professional school searches and applications, including resume development, networking, and mock interviewing.
• Serve as a pre-professional advisor for all pre-MBA students, working alongside the faculty pre-MBA advisor; guiding students through the process of locating and applying to graduate/professional schools.
• Build relationships with and serve as a liaison to designated faculty, developing strategies for communication and collaborative programming for students, including an annual Welcome to the Major event.
• Manage and oversee all aspects of the Business & Entrepreneurship CEC including, but not limited to:

o   Recruiting and managing the student leaders; overseeing a student-led communications platform.

o   Developing and facilitating career and professional programming to accelerate students’ preparedness for their chosen career fields.

o   Building and managing relationships with alumni Career Advocates to help students explore career fields and prepare for and connect with internships, post-graduate jobs, and graduate/professional school.

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of and educate students, faculty and staff on industry trends, qualities/skills employers seek in candidates, and the hiring process.
• Document coaching sessions in Handshake.
• Manage a portfolio of students, ensuring and tracking regular student outreach, engagement, and development.
• Work closely with the Centre Finance Club to engage students with the CCPD.
• Connect students with alumni Career Advocates for mentorship, career advice, and internship/job/graduate school assistance.
• Lead in-class presentations on career readiness topics as needed.
• Attend all Business & Entrepreneurship CEC events across campus.
• Represent the CCPD and/or Centre College at events for prospective students, parents, alumni, and employers.
• Support and attend CCPD events as required.
• Ability to travel and work occasional evenings and weekends as needed.
• Demonstrate an appreciation for and sensitivity to a diverse academic community, fostering an inclusive environment for students, faculty, and staff from a variety of social, economic, cultural, ideological, racial, and ethnic backgrounds.

 Marginal Job Functions:

• Serve on college-wide committees as assigned.
• Contribute to the overall success of the department by performing all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.